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25 Cards in this Set
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story of a good man who suffers loss of his children and property and the affliction of a repulsive disease |
JOB |
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hymnbook and prayer book of the Bible, used in worship |
PSALMS |
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collection of moral and religious teachings in the form of sayings and proverbs |
PROVERBS |
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thoughts of a "philosopher" on how short and contradictory human life is |
ECCLESIASTES |
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love poems in the form of songs address by a man to a woman and vice versa |
SONG OF SONGS |
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teaches that God rewards those who are faithful to Him |
WISDOM OF SOLOMON |
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also known as Ecclesiasticus; includes traditional Jewish Wisdom material and defends Judaism |
SIRACH |
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tells about Judah being threatened by Assyria and by the nation's sin and disobedience toward God |
ISAIAH |
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a warning given to God's people of the catastrophe which befalls the nations because of idolatry and sin; the destruction of the city and the temple |
JEREMIAH |
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a collection of five poems lamenting the destruction of Jerusalem and the exile |
LAMENTATIONS |
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message to the exiles in Babylon and the people in Jerusalem to renew their hearts and spirit |
EZEKIEL |
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stories and accounts of the visions of the writer are used to encourage the people to hope that God will bring the tyrant down and restore the sovereignty to God's people |
DANIEL |
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collection of four distinct short discourses by the secretary of Jeremiah |
BARUCH |
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prophet used his own disastrous marriage to describe the people's idolatry and faithlessness toward God |
HOSEA |
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describes a terrible invasion of locusts and a drought which he sees as signs of the coming of the day of the Lord |
JOEL |
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he called for justice to flow like a stream after seeing that the prosperity of the wealthy fed on injustice and on oppression of the poor |
AMOS |
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prophecy that Edom would be punished and defeated along with other enemy nations of Israel |
OBADIAH |
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describes the adventure of a prophet who disobeyed God's command; portrays God as the God of love and mercy |
JONAH |
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convinced that the Kingdom of Judah would face a national catastrophe, the prophet gives a message of universal peace and predicts a great king from the family of David |
MICAH |
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poem celebrating the fall of Nineveh which is seen as a judgement of God upon a cruel and arrogant nation |
NAHUM |
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a prophecy of doom on the unrighteous and with a psalm, a celebration of the greatness of God |
HABAKKUK |
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prophecy of a day of doom and the destruction of Judah for the worship of other gods |
ZEPHANIAH |
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collection of brief messages from the Lord urging the leaders of the people to rebuild the temple |
HAGGAI |
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prophecies about the restoration of Jerusalem, the rebuilding of the temple, purification of God's people and the coming of the Messianic Age |
ZECHARIAH |
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the prophet calls priests and people to renew their faithfulness to covenant with God |
MALACHI |
